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The Midnight Riders
truly were a Garage Band in the most classic sense.
There wasn't really any "real" musical equipment,
just basically junk. The band's members were ages
7, 9, 11, 12 and 13. The name Midnight Riders came
from Paul Revere & The Raiders' album "Midnight
Ride". Mike Petersen got his nickname "Fidne"
because he tried copying Phil "Fang" Volk, the
bassist for Paul Revere & The Raiders. "Fang"
had his name written on the back of his bass, and
that band was constantly on ABC TV on various Dick
Clark shows. Mike Peteresen tried writing FANG on
the back of his bass with a Magic Marker, but it
came out looking like "FDNE" (Mike was just 7 years
old).
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Personnel:
Brian Tolzmann - Guitar, Vocals
Tracy Tolzmann - Vocals
John Petersen - Drums
Terry Selleck - Vocals
Mike (Fidne) Petersen - Bass
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Influences:
Dave
Clark 5, Paul Revere & The Raiders,
Byrds, Kinks
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Setlist
Sample:
Hanky Panky, Hungry, Gloria and a Brian
Tolzmann original entitled "Little
Toronado".
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Equipment:
A $27.00 Stella accoustic guitar with a
Wollensak tape recorder microphone taped
to it, played through the tape recorder's
P.A. system. A toy bass guitar that
probably cost $15.00. A Revere snare
drum, and a tambourine with our "cool"
Midnight Rider logo hand-drawn on it with
a black Magic Marker.
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Rehearsal
Space:
Brian
Tolzmann's garage
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Band
Vehicles:
None
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Fashion
Statement:
Basically
whatever boys between the ages of 7-13
normally wore in the 1960's.
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Best
Gig:
Lawn
party ouside Brian Tolzmann's bedroom
window. Every girl in the neighborhood
was there, and we told them to scream.
There was a funeral at the church nearby,
and the screams could be heard
there.
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Gig
from
Hell!:
None
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Last
Gig:
Probably
the lawn party.
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